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Liz Garbus in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Awards

Liz Garbus

20 wins & 43 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Feature
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
    Shared with: Amy Hobby · Justin Wilkes
  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

Atlanta Film Festival

  • Girlhood (2003)
    2003 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Girlhood
    Tied with A Certain Kind of Death (2003).

BAFTA Awards

  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    2022 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Becoming Cousteau
    Shared with: Dan Cogan · Mridu Chandra · Evan Hayes
  • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump (2018)
    2019 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Best International Series
    • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump
    Shared with: Jenny Carchman · Justin Wilkes · Dan Cogan

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?

DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Wilbert Rideau · Jonathan Stack

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate (2017)
    2021 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
    • The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate
    For episode "The Wilderness"
  • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump (2018)
    2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump
    Shared with: Vinnie Malhotra · Dave Sirulnick · Dan Cogan · Lisa Diamond · Jenny Carchman · Justin Wilkes
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
    Shared with: Sidney Beaumont · Amy Hobby · Justin Wilkes · Jayson Jackson
  • Bobby Fischer in 64 cases pour un génie: Bobby Fischer (2011)
    2012 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Nonfiction Special
    • 64 cases pour un génie: Bobby Fischer
    Shared with: Sheila Nevins · Dan Cogan · Stanley F. Buchthal · Rory Kennedy · Matthew Justus · Nancy Abraham

Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival

  • The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)
    2002 Winner Prize of the City of Setúbal - Special Mention
    • The Execution of Wanda Jean

Florida Film Festival

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Documentary, Feature-Length
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

Satellite Awards

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1999 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Documentary
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

Grammy Awards

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Music Film
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
    Shared with: Amy Hobby · Jayson Jackson · Justin Wilkes

Humanitas Prize

  • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump (2018)
    2019 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Documentaries - Special Awards Category
    • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump
    Shared with: Jenny Carchman · Justin Wilkes
  • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump (2018)
    2018 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • 60 Minute Category
    • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump
    Shared with: Jenny Carchman · Justin Wilkes

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Jeunesse volée: la secte du Sarah Lawrence College (2023)
    2024 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
    • Jeunesse volée: la secte du Sarah Lawrence College
    Shared with: Mindy Goldberg · Dan Cogan · Jon Bardin · Zach Heinzerling · Krista Parris · Daniel Barban Levin · Felicia Rosario · Julie Gaither
  • Children of the Underground (2022)
    2023 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
    • Children of the Underground
    Shared with: Dan Cogan · Jon Bardin · Ted Gesing · Gabriela Cowperthwaite · Kate Barry · Julie Gaither
  • Nuclear Family (2016)
    2022 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
    • Nuclear Family
    Shared with: Ry Russo-Young · Julie Gaither · Jon Bardin · Leah Holzer · Peter Saraf · Alex Turtletaub · Jenny Raskin · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Lauren Haber · Maria Zuckerman · Christine Connor · Ryan Heller · Barbara Dobkin · Eric Dobkin · Andrea van Beuren · Joe Landauer

International Documentary Association

  • Nuclear Family (2021)
    2022 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Multi-Part Documentary
    • Nuclear Family
    Shared with: Ry Russo-Young · Dan Cogan · Warren Fischer · Julie Gaither · Jon Bardin · Jenny Raskin · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Lauren Haber · Peter Saraf · Leah Holzer · Alex Turtletaub · Maria Zuckerman · Christine Connor · Ryan Heller · Barbara Dobkin · Eric Dobkin · Andrea van Beuren · Joe Landauer
  • Children of the Underground (2022)
    2022 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Multi-Part Documentary
    • Children of the Underground
    Shared with: Kate Barry · Gabriela Cowperthwaite · Jon Bardin · Giona Jefferson · Grace Fardella · Ted Gesing · Dan Cogan
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2015 Nominee Video Source Award
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2015 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
    Shared with: Amy Hobby · Jayson Jackson · Justin Wilkes
  • The Fence (2010)
    2010 Nominee IDA Award
    • Distinguished Short Documentary
    • The Fence
    Shared with: Rory Kennedy · Keven McAlester · Nancy Abraham · Lauren Barker · Sheila Nevins · Mark Bailey

London Film Festival

  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    2021 Winner Grierson Award
    • Documentary Film
    • Becoming Cousteau

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

Miami Film Festival

  • Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016)
    2016 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
  • Bobby Fischer in 64 cases pour un génie: Bobby Fischer (2011)
    2011 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Dox Competition
    • 64 cases pour un génie: Bobby Fischer

Nantucket Film Festival

  • Girlhood (2003)
    2003 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Girlhood
    • The Magdalene Sisters

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Non-Fiction Film
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

Newport Beach Film Festival

  • Bobby Fischer in 64 cases pour un génie: Bobby Fischer (2011)
    2011 Winner Achievement Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking
    • 64 cases pour un génie: Bobby Fischer

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Family Business: Trump and Taxes (2018)
    2019 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Short Documentary
    • The Family Business: Trump and Taxes
    Shared with: Jenny Carchman · Jon Kamen · Vinnie Malhotra · Dave Sirulnick · Justin Wilkes · Lisa Diamond · Emily Osborne
  • P.O.V. (1988)
    2006 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
    • P.O.V.
    • Street Fight
    Shared with: Rory Kennedy · Cara Mertes · Sally Jo Fifer · Marshall Curry

Peabody Awards

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2015 Winner Peabody Award
    • Documentary
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
    Shared with: Justin Wilkes · Amy Hobby

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Winner Golden Spire
    • Film & Video - Sociology-U.S.
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

Sundance Film Festival

  • Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (2009)
    2009 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
  • The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)
    2002 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • The Execution of Wanda Jean
  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Tied with Frat House (1998).
    Shared with: Jonathan Stack

SXSW Film Festival

  • Girlhood (2003)
    2003 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Girlhood

Taos Talking Picture Festival

  • The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
    1998 Nominee Taos Land Grant Award
    • The Farm: Angola, USA
    Shared with: Wilbert Rideau · Jonathan Stack

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2015 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?
    8th Place

Black Reel Awards

  • All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
    2021 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • All In: The Fight for Democracy
    Shared with: Lisa Cortes
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?

BendFilm Festival

  • Before the Spring: After the Fall (2013)
    2013 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary
    • Before the Spring: After the Fall
    Shared with: Jed Rothstein · Allyson Luchak · Mark Levine

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • International Green Film Award
    • Becoming Cousteau

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Becoming Cousteau
  • All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Broadcast Film
    • All In: The Fight for Democracy
    Shared with: Lisa Cortes
  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark (2020)
    2021 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast
    • I'll Be Gone in the Dark
  • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump (2018)
    2019 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast
    • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump
    Shared with: Jenny Carchman
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2016 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?

The Grierson Trust British Documentary Award

  • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump (2018)
    2019 Nominee The Grierson Awards
    • Best Documentary Series
    • Mission vérité - Le "New York Times" et Donald Trump
    Shared with: Jenny Carchman · Justin Wilkes

Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    2022 Nominee Wyborcza.pl Big Screen Doc Award
    • Becoming Cousteau

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    2021 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • Becoming Cousteau

AFI Docs Festival

  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • Feature Documentary
    • What Happened, Miss Simone?

North Dakota Film Society

  • All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
    2021 Winner NDFS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • All In: The Fight for Democracy
    Shared with: Lisa Cortes · Dan Cogan · Stacey Abrams

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